Measure Stock Volatility Using Betas in Python

Learn how investors monitor stock volatility and risk with betas & how to calculate your own in Python.

Adrian J. Mayer
Python in Plain English
9 min readMar 6, 2021

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A stock’s beta measures how risky, or volatile, a stock’s price is compared to the entire market. When beta is less than 1, a stock is less volatile, or less risky than the market. The opposite holds true when…

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I hold 5 college degrees including a BBA in Finance, MBA, DBA, and post-doc in Applied Statistics. I work for a non-profit in Orlando, FL as a business analyst.